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Economics and a year study abroad application statistics

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Dear University of Bristol,

May I please request the following information for the entry years of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 for the L105 Economics with a year abroad course and LN15 Economics and Finance with a year abroad course at the University of Bristol:

1) Number of Applicants
2) Number of Offers Made
3) Number of Places
4) Mean number of A* predicted grades for those sitting the A-Level, of whom received an offer
5) Mean number of A* achieved grades for those who sat the A-Level, of whom received an offer
6) Mean number of A* achieved grades at GCSE, of whom received an offer
7) Number of offer holders who bear Further Mathematics as an A-Level
8) Number of offer holders who bear Further maths

Yours faithfully,

Dylan Nabaz

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Dear Dylan Nabaz,

Freedom of Information Request (our reference FOI21492)

We refer to your Freedom of Information request dated 23/09/2021.

You requested the following information:

 

University’s Response

 

Further to Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the “Act”) we
confirm that the information requested is partially held by the University
of Bristol (the “University”).

 

Exempt Information

(Q3). The University is unable to provide information on the number of
places available  because the disclosure of this information would, or
would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of the University
under Section 43 of the Act.

 

Section 43(2) is a qualified exemption that requires the University to
weigh the public interest in favour of disclosure, which is presumed from
the FOIA, against the public interest in withholding the information.

 

While there is public interest in transparency in relation to the
admissions process, the University is very open about its admissions
policies and procedures and is happy to disclose various other admissions
related data. The University operates in an extremely competitive sector.
Disclosing offer data would equip our competitors with information that
could be used to undercut our offers meaning that the University would be
left would a smaller pool of applicants. Therefore, disclosure of the
exempt information could cause the University genuine commercial prejudice
if it was available to competitors within the sector. To allow
universities to compete effectively they must be able to withhold certain
information from public disclosure in order to develop successful
admission strategies. On balance, the University has found Section 43(2)
can be applied to this information.

 

Q1-2 & Q4-8. Please see attached spreadsheet.

 

Please note, For the academic years 2016/17 - 2019/20, course L105 was not
run on direct entry from UCAS. As such, we do not hold the requested
information for these years.We have provided the requested information for
the academic year 2020/21 in the attached spreadsheet should this be of
interest to you.

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